Even though elephants are threatened.

Elephants are listed as threatened in the Endangered Species Act, but their remains can now be imported to the United States as hunting trophies from Zimbabwe and Zambia, according to an announcement made by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on November 15.

“Legal, well-regulated sport hunting as part of a sound management program can benefit the conservation of certain species by providing incentives to local communities to conserve the species and by putting much-needed revenue back into conservation,” the agency said in a statement. “To support conservation, hunters should choose to hunt only in countries that have strong governance, sound management practices, and healthy wildlife populations.”

The new policy revokes a ban implemented by the Obama administration in 2014, which said Zimbabwe could not provide proof of efficient elephant population-management and conservation efforts. The Washington Postnoted that Zimbabwe's elephant population has declined in recent years, but a Fish and Wildlife official told ABC News that the issues behind the Obama-era ban are no longer the case, and that specifics will be published in the Federal Register on November 17.

Animal rights advocates, however, are concerned by the reversal of the ban. “We're appalled at the U.S.'s decision…Trophy hunting causes prolonged, immense suffering for elephants and fuels the demand for wild animal products,” World Animal Protection, an animal welfare non-profit, wrote on Facebook .

Safari Club International, a “hunters’ rights and wildlife conservation” group, was the first to disclose that hunters who killed or plan to kill elephants between 2016 and 2018 in the two African countries can now apply for permits to bring trophies back to the U.S. The group, who joined forces with the National Rifle Association to sue the Obama administration for the original ban, celebrated the news at the African Wildlife Consultative Forum on November 14.

This is not the first time the Trump name makes headlines for controversial ties to exotic animal hunting. The president’s adult sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, sparked outrage in 2012 after posing with the carcasses of animals they had killed on an African safari were posted online.

During the presidential campaign, Trump Jr. recounted to hunting website Bowsite that he developed a love for killing animals for sport as a young child, when he would visit his maternal grandparents’ home in former Czechoslovakia. As he got older and enrolled in a boarding school in Pennsylvania, he explained, he further immersed himself in the practice.

In December 2016, Politico reported that Trump Jr. and his brother Eric were planning an inauguration fundraiser dubbed a “Camouflage and Cufflinks” event. Donations of $500,000 or more earned guests a spot on a hunting or fishing trip with the president’s sons. The same article states that the Trump sons would not play a role in the White House, but another story from March claims that Trump Jr. brought two of his hunting friends into administration duties. This includes Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who oversees the Fish and Wildlife Service.

While wrapping up his Bowsite interview, Trump Jr. was asked how his father would impact hunting if he became president. He replied, "I think you're gonna find someone that's an advocate for all of those things and really, really protect us."